United Tribes News

BISMARCK, ND - United Tribes Technical College President David M. Gipp will present remarks Thursday,
January 27 during a workshop of the Institute Of Medicine Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of
Children and Youth.

The workshop is titled: "Marketing Strategies that Foster Healthy
Food and Beverage Choices in Children and Youth." Representatives of major food and beverage companies
will make presentations to the committee as well as media and marketing experts and researchers.

Gipp will focus on the impact of food and beverage marketing on
children and youth in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

The Institute Of Medicine is one of four organizations that comprise
the National Academies. The "Food Marketing" committee is holding the workshop in Washington, DC to
obtain information for a National Academies study.